Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-05
FURNITURE MADE OF BRASS.
Designs in Chairs, Dressing Cases and
Mirrors Arc ALI the Rage Now.


New York Mail and Express.
When the popular taste began some
time ago TO lean toward articles made of
brass, many persons laughed at what they
called 8 spasm, and said It could not last
long, but if the trade done in this line of
goods is anything to 60 by, the craze is
increasing. Popular taste, in fact, is run
Ming riot in this regard. Fancy wood
work, so popular a year or so ago, is
practically out of the market. Not only
is this metal used in the manufacture of
oriC-a-brsc or ornamental pieces, but
in many OF the recently built dwell
iugS il constitutes much of the practical
and substantial appointments. For por-
tiers, mantel faCiDg5 and st8irCasingS poll
ished brass has been IN common use for g
long time, but 1t WIS not until recently
that II took the place of softer and less
expensive materials in the manufacture
Of panelings for doors, siIls, baluster rails,
balconies and the like. It's use il the
manufacture Of household articles has
knocked q good sized hole in the furniture
business, for a portion of q dwelling can
to-day be furnished in brass, from the
kitchen poker up to 9 child's swinging
crib. An article Of this kinda
brass bassinette-covered by canopy,
costs $50. A simple crib, however, can
BE- bought for S55 Single brass bed
steads are worth SIS, while those Of
double size range in price from SIS TO
500. Among the new designs in beds is
q canopy, which, while it extends only
over the pillows is very handsome piece
of furniture. The head and foot pieces
are made in variously fashioned patterns,
as also are the supports to the canopy,
which can be had in damGsk, merino, silk
or satin. In room where q light is con-
tiuuallY burned they are practical and
useful as well as ornamental.
Brass cabinets forty and sixty inches
high, with four or five shelves, are also
being made. They cost from $40 up. The
top and stancheons are Of highly polished
metal, put the shelves are made of solid
mahogany. Polished brass dressing
cases, with beveled glass mirrors, though
pretty and elegant, are very expensive.
SO elsO are the brass chairs. To furnish
8 reception-room or parlors with brass
chairs would be novel and dainty, but
at $40 each most people would have to
be content with one or two. To the de- |
signs, patterns and shapes of the various |
articles made of this metal there seems to |
be no end. The appearance OF a room is |
greatly enhanced by brass easel, as is |
also the looks Of the pictures to which it I
gives support. The number of articles /
made of brass runs up into the thousands |
the end is not yet. Shaving |
stands, wall pockets, fire screens and such |
things exist IN countless varieties. The |
most popular COnCeits are the umbrella |
stand, usually made in hammered goods, |
circular in form and about foot in diam
eteT; coal sCuttIes, used chiefly by people |
who have open fire places and CRATES, 70 |
stand beside the fire place; |
match boxes, whisk broom hold
ers, ash receivers and hall |
racks in polished OAK with brass mount
ings. Small thermometers or clocks are
sometimes set in the head of tennis
racket. The latest card picture-hoIder Is |
made Of brass in the semblance of fiat
iron. 1t is in the appointing of q house,
however, that the craze is now mostly |
seen, and the builders and architects gen
srally are pulling their brains trying to
ind new places and new uses to which |
they can put the metal, and are thus
coming nearer and nearer to what it is
said will one day be house of brass.